OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14292254
ELECTRICAL,HEART ATTACK,E GI VII,ELECTROCUTED,WELDING,ARC WELDING
Event description
POSSIBLE ELECTRIC SHOCK - CAUSE UNKNOWN
Investigation abstract
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A NEW WAX PREHEATING FURNACE. THEY DETERMINED TH AT A BRACKET NEEDED TO BE WELDED ONTO THE FURNACE TO SUPPORT AN AIR LINE VALVE. ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DESCENDED FROM ATOP THE FURNACE TO CONNECT THE ARC WELDER. MINUTES LATER ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HEARD THE FIRST ONE YELL AND SAW HIM FALL TO THE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS SO ME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE 21-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK OR ELE CTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 549
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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